Influence of nerve radiation dose in the incidence of trigeminal dysfunction after trigeminal neuralgia radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Massager, Nicolas ^a,c   Murata, Noriko ^b   Tamura, Manabu ^b   Devriendt, Daniel ^a   Levivier, Marc ^a   Régis, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gamma knife radiosurgery; Morbidity; Radiation dose; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED; BELGIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 34147200624     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255393.77538.75     Document Type: Article

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